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STATE EXTENSION

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More and more, national forests have been opened up and
prepared for winter recreational use as well as for warm-weather outings.
The widespread demand for winter sports facilities has led the Forest Ser-
vice of the U. S. Department of Agriculture to have roads plowed and sanded,
routes to snow-covered slopes cleared, parking areas provided, and warming
shelters put up wherever a national forest has the necessary combination of
mountain, valley, and heavy snowfall.

So far skiing has been the principal attraction, But snow-
shoeing along isolated forest trails is gaining followers, Many of the
summer trails used by forest rangers and hikers are available and special
snowshoe trails are frequently marxed for the winter sportsman. Skating is
possible in a number of the national forests. Dog sledding is increasing
in popularity.

Our young people, says

have several advantages over their contemporaries in city areas who would like
to get out into the open, They have the natural facilities for so many
Sports close at hand, some of them ready to use and others that the young people
Gan put into usable condition with a little effort.

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